readlink

Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/readlink.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/readlink readlink powered by Commando

Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink>.

  • Get the actual file to which the symlink points:
    readlink path/to/file
  • Get the absolute path to a file:
    readlink -f path/to/file

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